Re: Assembly Line Info and Photos

Posted by Gary On 2012/3/6 12:28:14

Owen, right, that's what I'm curious about. How did they move the bodies from Briggs over to Packard for assembly? did they use some type of specially designed trailers and truck them over or maybe flatbed train cars equipped with cradles to hold them in place? I just wonder what a bystander would have seen in the day if he or she were to have witnessed the transporting of a load of bodies? so you're saying that Briggs pretty much stamped out all of the sheet metal parts for the period of time that they were under contract with Packard? I know Budd made doors for Studebaker trucks in the 40's and wheels for a lot of other vehicles.